Either you disbelieve in gods or don't hold belief in gods.
Just because we don't believe in your imaginary friend or the imaginary friend of other religions does not mean we don't hold beliefs, the difference is that we care that what we believe is true... you don't care (thus the faith you have in the buybull).
Or, the individual does
not hold a belief in any deities — atheist.
Atheism is the stated position that the individual does
not hold a belief in any deity.
Agnosticism goes to lack of ability to know the existence of gods and atheism goes to
not holding the belief in gods.
Just because a person doesn't hold a belief in gods doesn't mean they have no beliefs or that they aren't serious about the betterment of human lives.
Thus my own beliefs allow for and support spiritual existence, and I could
not hold these beliefs if I did not find them to have great persuasive power.
This is how I feel when I hear from Christians that if I do
not hold their beliefs then I'm going to hell.
Evangelism refers to the practice of relaying information about a particular set of beliefs to others who do
not hold those beliefs.
The atheist need not make any assertion of the non-existence of god, only reflect honestly to himself that he does
not hold the belief because he sees no positive reason to hold the belief.
Some people truly don't hold a belief either way.
How could someone
not hold belief of such an idea of the truth?
Big Oil must send out a lot of cheques, eh, considering that a person can't hold a belief that is skeptical or clueless about AGW without being paid for it.
Not exact matches
Still, when someone believes it, it influences them and, to the extent they don't realize it's a
belief, it becomes part of their reality they fight to
hold on to.
But perhaps the biggest lesson Gould
holds for aspiring tech giants — or, in the case of Canada, the governments who hope to foster them — was his
belief in creating something that's
not only new and different, but eminently worthwhile.
In China, there's a widely
held belief that purchasing property is a sure - fire investment, but that may
not be the case anymore for home buyers of troubled Chinese developer Kaisa.
This is a tempting
belief to
hold, and
not just because of how many political commentators turned out to be mistaken this time.
Your «default»
beliefs and worldview are
not always reasonable; it's healthy to «argue against yourself» and see how your views
hold up.
The Republican - led Mississippi Senate voted 31 - 17 to pass House Bill 1523, otherwise known as the «religious liberty» bill, states that public employees, businesses, religious organizations and social workers will
not face repercussions for denying services to people based on «sincerely
held» religious
beliefs.
It also means that morality provisions can
not prevent employees from supporting a political party or practicing a specific religion, for example (although some employers, such as denominational school boards, have argued successfully that their religious
beliefs allow them to
hold employees to a different moral standards).
This particular story is especially useful,
not because it teaches young officers how to command a boarding party but rather because it gets straight at two of the marines» most closely
held beliefs.
Any limiting
belief will make you feel bad about yourself and / or others —
not a characteristic that a successful entrepreneur
holds on to.
It's also worth noting that the men of the show vary in levels of femininity and masculinity, each with their multi-faceted, unique personalities that combat certain commonly
held beliefs about gay men, while
not saying that one certain type or trait is more valid than the other.
It's
Not Russia: Rich Lowry argues that «the Russian bot hysteria» obscures the fact that Americans
hold fundamentally divergent
beliefs — ones that run far deeper than Facebook posts.
Zakaria wasn't suggesting ceding Western values and
beliefs — but rather recognizing that prevailing attitudes on such issues as the environment, human rights, and social affairs are different in many parts of Asia than those that
hold sway in the West.
At Space Angels, it is our strongly -
held belief that, in our generation, the people who carry the mantle of this «answerable courage» are
not only the young men and women who are risking their lives to go into space, but also the entrepreneurs who are putting everything they have on the line to build a future in space for all humanity.
Despite Trump's firmly
held beliefs, tariffs will
not close the U.S. trade deficit, absent higher savings (in the public or private sectors) or lower investment.
She grew up in a family with a strongly
held belief that outsiders couldn't be trusted with your money.
It will mean letting go of long
held beliefs in rigid B2B product marketing and embracing a brave new world where human connection is
not seen as fanciful but essential to helping businesses succeed.
Ken and I always
held the
belief that rather than wanting to take vacations to get away from life all the time, we wanted to build a life we didn't want to escape from.
This was the commonly
held belief, but apparently, this isn't the case, according to an academic paper published last month by Vahid Gholampour and Eric van Wincoop...
The same is true of gender and minority representation, since the expectations of the day, unfortunate as they were, didn't commonly include the
belief held by many today that Parliament should look, think, and care about issues in broadly similar ways to the country at large.
I'm
not offended by their strongly
held beliefs.
I had in my heart and tongue the Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot of reciting verses of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth of many
beliefs out of curiosity but could
not belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all
belief of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front of him and when was on the top of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will
hold... so many things like that..
I can't be reasoned with around those
beliefs and assumptions so why would I expect to be able to reason with others who
hold to rigid
beliefs?
The thing I really enjoy,
not being affiliated with any religion, is sitting back and watching people who
hold «Insane
Belief X» criticizing «Insane
Belief Y», apparently completely unaware that both
beliefs are equally insane.
If you've ever read ANY of my posts, you'd know I don't suffer fools kindly, nor do I
hold much in the way of
belief in religious tenets.
There are individuals, yes, who do
hold beliefs not in line with Church teachings — I was stunned, for example, when I was 18 to hear the leadership chastising members for
not allowing their children to play with «nonmember» children, because «they don't have our standards.»
If Mormons can
not respect the deeply
held beliefs of a faith that is
not their own, then I have serious questions about the integrity of LDS.
hawaiiguest We do
not know what the world would look like without the continuing influence of a core
belief held by the vast majority of humans that existence is more than physical needs and desires.
If you don't share it, then the only injury you can claim is that they
hold their
belief doesn't somehow magically put yours at the apex of correct.
If rational thought, the scientific method and observation disprove a deeply
held belief I am
not displeased, but in fact encouraged.
Religion (as defined by Merriam - Webster): a cause, principle, or system of
beliefs held to with ardor and faith (presumably referring to the fact that it can
not be scientifically proven)
Sure, all of us are ignorant about some things, whether it's because it
holds no interest for us, or we haven't had the opportunity to learn about it, or because reality conflicts with our religious
beliefs.
I also know people who
hold to the same
beliefs regarding homosexuals as fishon but who have gone out of their way to educate themselves on both sides of the debate... and even though they still think homosexuality is a sin, they don't resort to the language and comparasions that fishon does... because they know that homosexuality isn't anything comparable to pedophilia or alcoholism.
«Any community that did
not hold its members accountable for specific
beliefs and practices would have no corporate ident.ity and would
not really be a community at all.
You will notice that you won't see these same level of oppositions against any other
belief system, where people who
hold the worldly opinion would be so motivated and compelled as to try and convince believers that their faith is wrong.
It really doesn't matter if you or anyone
hold a
belief about some kind of «intelligent design».
I think it is very important for you and others to rememeber that just because you
hold a
belief dear does
not make it exempt from scrutiny and criticism.
Do you require evidence that Santa Claus doesn't exist in order to with
hold your
belief in him?